Word: remarkably
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...attention has been called to certain editorials in a sheet "published by the students of Phillips Academy, Andover." The paper was not sent to us for some reason, although it is on our regular exchange list, and so we have not had an opportunity to remark upon certain statements which it contains. It is difficult to reply to conceited schoolboys smarting under the sting of a seyere defeat, and we should never think of noticing them at all, did not such an attack as has been made call for the severest censure. The Andover base-ball nine is famous...
...resolution 6, I would remark that to most people who have attended inter-collegiate games, the choice of neutral ground would suggest the probability of a game fairer for both parties to the contest...
...widest circulation, we present it in full below. We still hold that the antithesis spoken of is unduly emphasized and need not necessarily exist, in spite of the Spirit's arguments to the contrary. But to prolong this controversy seems to us at present unprofitable. We need only further remark that we consider the Spirit's dismal prophecy of a "conflict" between faculty and students as unwarranted. The article reads...
...When a person strips for the first time in the season, he naturally feels light and strong, and equal to almost anything. If you allow this feeling to carry you away and do too much you will be thrown back in your work. How often have I heard men remark after the first day's exercise, "I can hardly walk upstairs; I'm sore all over; I don't think I'll strip again for a month." etc. It is during these "first days" that sprains, strains and sick stomachs occur...
...about eight o'clock, the students began to come in and to take their seats. At the ends of the tables occupied by the various "Corps" sat their officers. (The "Corps," we may remark, correspond in a way to the Societies, secret or open, in American colleges, but are in every respect very different organizations.) These officers were conspicuous, in full evening dress, with sashes of various colored ribbon, white gauntlets, swords and caps about the size of a saucer, placed at various angles on their elaborately dressed hair. We noticed those of one "Corps" in white doeskin trousers...